Sunday 17 May 2015

7th Sunday of Easter
Sunday in Ascensiontide

(Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading)

Acts 1: 15-17, 21-26

Called by Christ to be disciples (StF 660)
Lord, you call us to your service (StF 664)
The Saviour, when to heaven he rose (StF 669)

Psalm 1

Hymns echoing the psalmist's theme

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death (StF 626)
My God, I am thine (StF 80)

1 John 5: 9-13

Author of faith, eternal Word (StF457)
Crown him with many crowns (StF 347)
Praise to the living God! (StF 87)

John 17: 6-19

Being of beings, God of love (StF 490)
Christ, from whom all blessings flow (StF 676)
Father hear the prayer we offer (StF 518)
God is love, let heaven adore him (StF 103)
God, who made the stars of heaven (StF 7)
O Jesus, I have promised (StF 563)
The head that once was crowned with thorns (StF 312)